Neck-yoke



G.'MEYERS.

NBGKYOKE.

Patented May 11, 1886.

(No Model.)

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M, WaXomugs I v E UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE MEYERS, OF CAMERON, PENNSYLVANIA.

NECK-YOKE.

QPECIPICATIQIV forming part Of Letters Patent-No. 341,674, dated May 11,1886, Application filed March 26, 1886. Serial No. 196,611. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE MEYERS, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Cameron, in the county of Cameron and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Neck-Yokes; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved neck-yoke,showing the ends drawn out; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional viewof the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondiug parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to neck-yokes; and it consists in the improvedconstruction and combination of parts of a neck-yoke having extensionsat its ends, which-may he slid in or out, so as to make the neck-yoke ofany desired length, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the main portion ofthe neck-yoke,

which is provided at its middle with a ring,

B, for attaching it to the end of the tongue, and which is tubular withthe exception of the central solid portion, 0. The ends of the tubularportions of the yoke are formed with per forations D, through which rodsE E slide, which rods are providedwith heads Fat their inner ends, whichheads lit and slide in the tubular portions of the yoke, and with headsG at their outer ends, which heads are provided with ringsHand bails I,for the attachment of the yoke-straps of the harness. The rods areprovided with screw-threaded perforations J, which may register withperforations K in the tubular ends of the yoke, and screws L may fitinto the threaded perforations, passing through the perforations in theyoke. It will be seen that the rods may be drawn out through the ends ofthe yoke, and that they may be adjusted at different stages of extensionby means of the screws, so that the yoke may be made of any suitablelength, ac-

cording to the size of the horses and the size of the vehicle.

The yoke may be provided with any suitable means for attaching it to thetongue and for attaching it to the harness, and may be ornamented in anysuitable manner, and the body portion of the yoke as well as theextensions may be of any desired dimensions.

The yoke having the extensions will admit of the same yoke being usedwith large and with small horses having either wide or narrow breasts,as the extensions may be drawn out or pushed in, so as to admit of therings and bails, to which the yoke-straps are attached, to be at themiddle of the breast of each horse, preventing any wrenching or turn- 4ing of the harness to one side or the other, as

will happen where the yoke is either too short or too long for the widthof breast of the horses.

The yoke is preferably made of metal, and although I prefer to use themanner of adjusting the sliding rods, as shown and described, the screwsmay either only pass through a perforation in the yoke and bear againstthe sides of the rods, or the rods may be provided with suitablenotches,wl1ich may be engaged by catches; or other fastening means maybe employed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States- Thecombination of a neck yokehaving tubular end portions and a solid central portion, and havingperforated plates covering the open ends, rods having heads at the innerends within the tubular portions of the yoke, and having-heads at theirouter ends provided with rings and bails, and screws passing throughperforations near the ends of the tubular portions of the yoke and intoscrew-threaded perforations in the rods, as and for the purpose shownand set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoafiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE MEYEas.

\Vitnesses:

GEORGE BARRETT, BURTON BARRETT.

